If Cats Disappeared from the World

From Genki Kawamura, producer of the Japanese animated blockbuster Your Name, comes a timeless story of loss, love, and the journey to discover what truly matters in life.

A young postman’s world is upended when a doctor delivers a devastating diagnosis: he has only months to live. Estranged from his family and living alone with his faithful cat, Cabbage, he feels unprepared for the life he still longs to live. But then the devil appears with a strange proposition: for every one thing he chooses to make disappear from the world, he will be granted one extra day of life.

What follows is a surreal, moving week that pushes the postman—and Cabbage—to the very edge of existence. With each loss, he reflects on his past: the joys and regrets, the people he has loved and lost, and the meaning of a life lived fully, even in the face of its impermanence.